• @Gork@lemmy.ml
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    12 years ago

    “Boss, most of the bricks we have are broken in pieces. We can’t build the wall per specifications.”

    “We have a deadline, get it done however possible by the end of the day today.”

  • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    12 years ago

    I’ve had this conversation:

    We need to increase our velocity! Has the customer told us yet what they would like us to build?

    • @NewAgeOldPerson@reddthat.com
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      12 years ago

      Unfortunately I can’t have that chat ever. I’m the one (in most of my career, not now) responsible for telling my folks what the customer wants, and not in a sales way.

    • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      12 years ago

      I’ve seen a “temporary fix” serve as a core element of a service stack for a company with annual revenue in the hundreds of millions for like at least 5 years.

    • clb92
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      12 years ago

      Nothing’s more permanent than a temporary solution.

    • b14700
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      12 years ago

      should work fine if there is no load on it , this seems deliberate for the look